Text Features

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What identifies what the topic of an article or book will be about?

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Title

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What is the purpose of previewing text features?

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To better understand the text.

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What do titles tell you?

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They tell you what the book, chapter, or article is called.

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What is the purpose of a sidebar?

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To give the reader more information that is not in the text.

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What helps the readers make sense of what they are reading?

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Text features.

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What is a subheading?

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A subheading is a title that comes before a section of text, indicating what that section is about.

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What is a glossary?

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A glossary is a list of terms and their definitions found at the end of a book.

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What do captions do?

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Captions explain what is happening in a photograph or illustration.

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What is the purpose of an index?

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An index is an alphabetical list of topics and where they can be found in the book.

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What is a photograph in a text?

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A photograph is a visual image that helps illustrate the content of the text.